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Playdale’s Managing Director honoured to receive MBE

Barry Leahey honoured to receive MBE Playdale’s Managing Director, Barry Leahey has been named on the Queen’s Birthday List 2017 and will receive an MBE for services to UK Trade and Exports. Barry began working for Haverthwaite based Playdale in 2004 as Sales and Marketing Director and progressed more recently to Managing Director in 2015. Barry has been the driving force behind Playdale’s growth…

Playdale Playgrounds – The History of Fun

As an advocate of play and all of its positive attributes it is really quite fitting that I live very close to a playground equipment manufacturer. In fact every time I drive towards the main road I can see the yellow sign for Playdale Playgrounds Ltd smiling at me.  The playground next to the school has been stocked by Playdale and most of the school playground equipment has been purchased from…

Playground Slides – A Potted History

Playground slides play a major role in all of our lives and we all have a tale to tell relating to some dare devil stunt we attempted on the steep slides of our youth.  Playground slideshave evolved over time and many middle aged people can’t comprehend children getting a thrill from modern day slides which are designed with safety in mind.  Nostalgia sites record memories of waxing slides with…

How Teens Are Enjoying High Tech Exercise With Playdale i.Play

Getting youngsters to exercise is sometimes quite difficult, particularly when they are engrossed in competitive computer games and have grown tired of the traditional playground.  Teenagers are particularly awkward when it comes to convincing them that exercise is good for them, by nature they want to do the opposite to what we tell them and just like hanging out with their mates.  Clever…

I have to say that I truly love my son’s school, they never cease to amaze me with their desire to promote natural learning as much as possible.  The school has a shiny new website that is updated regularly allowing parents to see exactly what their children are getting up to.  My latest visit to the Allithwaite CE Schoolwebsite informs me that they have developed a lovely quiet area with raised…

Over the weekend while my son had been evacuated to my parent’s house I undertook the challenge of putting my son’s new bed together.  With my husband tactically unpractical it was left to me to digest the instructions figure out which bits go where and identify the correct screws and Allen keys.  I choose this mid sleeper bed from Argos and it arrived in two boxes with plenty of plastic…